I did not recognize you as fearBecause your power has the births of many stars in its belly Monstrous light breaking the ribcageBut there is no blood hereMonstrous because of your bigness, your unknowability, your vast spaceMy body splitting atoms in your wakeBut there is no blood here

Trying to contain you, you simply moved largerA vast conspiracy of the solar plexusRadiating like sun spots on sandMy breath falling into shallow watersNot wanting to disturb the sleeping giantBut even in breath’s absence you riseOh underbelly of emptiness

I did not recognize you as fearLike oceans you carry deep sea calmA temperance of wavesA depth beyond the DreamingCreation inchoate

- LFR 2013

(I'm cheating a bit today...got bogged down on a project that took longer then expected. This is a poem I wrote while attending Ethan's class on fearless mind, through it was actually directly inspired by my reading of the first chapter of The Four Agreements. Fearlessness is all about fear - not its absence. There is great power and wisdom there. Go into it. Happy Thursday loves. And, as always, I'm right there stumbling along with you.)